While far from light viewing, this period drama written by Christos Tsiolkas and director Aaron Wilson is a pleasure
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Films are often praised for being visually interesting, but rarely for being verbally interesting – in fact vococentrism is often discouraged, particularly through the famous screenwriting dictum “show, don’t tell”. Director Aaron Wilson’s absorbing period drama Little Tornadoes, however, manages a very compelling and unusual blend of pictures and an almost novelistic screenplay – the kind one might expect from Australian author Christos Tsiolkas, who co-wrote it with Wilson.
Assisted by the timeless qualities of rural locations, Wilson and the talented cinematographer Stefan Duscio illustrate an early 1970s Aussie setting with an eye for lived-in period details. In tone and setting, Little Tornadoes couldn’t be further from an ostentatious historical piece, bunkering down as it does into the...
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Films are often praised for being visually interesting, but rarely for being verbally interesting – in fact vococentrism is often discouraged, particularly through the famous screenwriting dictum “show, don’t tell”. Director Aaron Wilson’s absorbing period drama Little Tornadoes, however, manages a very compelling and unusual blend of pictures and an almost novelistic screenplay – the kind one might expect from Australian author Christos Tsiolkas, who co-wrote it with Wilson.
Assisted by the timeless qualities of rural locations, Wilson and the talented cinematographer Stefan Duscio illustrate an early 1970s Aussie setting with an eye for lived-in period details. In tone and setting, Little Tornadoes couldn’t be further from an ostentatious historical piece, bunkering down as it does into the...
- 5/11/2022
- by Luke Buckmaster
- The Guardian - Film News
Claudia Karvan embarks on a literary adventure to explore the stories that have shaped the nation’s identity in Books That Made Us – a three-part documentary from Blackfella Films premiering on November 23 at 8.30pm on ABC TV and ABC iview.
In the series, Karvan meets Richard Flanagan, Alexis Wright, Helen Garner, Tim Winton, David Malouf, Kate Grenville, Christos Tsiolkas, Thomas Keneally, Liane Moriarty, Trent Dalton, Kim Scott, and Melissa Lucashenko. She discovers the stories behind the stories, the workings of the writers’ imaginations and their motivation to write novels that have been shaped by Australia and, in turn, shaped the country.
Series producer and writer is Jacob Hickey, with producer Darren Dale. The ABC executive producer is Kalita Corrigan.
Developed and produced in association with the ABC, production funding from Screen Australia and produced with the assistance of Film Victoria.
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In the series, Karvan meets Richard Flanagan, Alexis Wright, Helen Garner, Tim Winton, David Malouf, Kate Grenville, Christos Tsiolkas, Thomas Keneally, Liane Moriarty, Trent Dalton, Kim Scott, and Melissa Lucashenko. She discovers the stories behind the stories, the workings of the writers’ imaginations and their motivation to write novels that have been shaped by Australia and, in turn, shaped the country.
Series producer and writer is Jacob Hickey, with producer Darren Dale. The ABC executive producer is Kalita Corrigan.
Developed and produced in association with the ABC, production funding from Screen Australia and produced with the assistance of Film Victoria.
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- 10/28/2021
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Co-written with Christos Tsiolkas, Aaron Wilson’s 1970s-set Little Tornadoes depicts a newly-single father’s efforts to weather the turbulence of change – in his life and in the world around him.
Introverted Leo (Mark Leonard Winter) is a steelworker at his small town’s local plant. After his wife abandons him without explanation, leaving him to care for their two young children, he is bereft–barely able to cook a decent meal or keep the household running. So when a recently-arrived Italian colleague suggests that his sister, Maria (Silvia Colloca), act as surrogate homemaker, Leo reluctantly accepts. But can one woman’s warm, nurturing presence fill the void left by another, and can Leo yield to the winds of change?
Producers include Ian Anderson, Katrina Fleming, Christian Pazzaglia, Susan Schmidt and Wilson. Stefan Duscio is the cinematographer, composer Robert Mackenzie, editor Cindy Clarkson and production designer Tim Burgin.
Little Tornadoes...
Introverted Leo (Mark Leonard Winter) is a steelworker at his small town’s local plant. After his wife abandons him without explanation, leaving him to care for their two young children, he is bereft–barely able to cook a decent meal or keep the household running. So when a recently-arrived Italian colleague suggests that his sister, Maria (Silvia Colloca), act as surrogate homemaker, Leo reluctantly accepts. But can one woman’s warm, nurturing presence fill the void left by another, and can Leo yield to the winds of change?
Producers include Ian Anderson, Katrina Fleming, Christian Pazzaglia, Susan Schmidt and Wilson. Stefan Duscio is the cinematographer, composer Robert Mackenzie, editor Cindy Clarkson and production designer Tim Burgin.
Little Tornadoes...
- 7/29/2021
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Norwegian novelist and filmmaker Dag Johan Haugerud likes a challenge. His 2014 film I’m the One You Want was a 53-minute, straight-to-camera monologue about a schoolteacher who fell in love with one of her 15-year-old students. His latest, Beware of Children (Barn), which clocks in at two and a half hours, suggests he has plenty more to say about the world of education and its rules for both kids and the adults that teach and accompany them.
The new feature, which feels like a Norwegian, school-set variation on Christos Tsiolkas' novel The Slap, chronicles the fallout of the accidental ...
The new feature, which feels like a Norwegian, school-set variation on Christos Tsiolkas' novel The Slap, chronicles the fallout of the accidental ...
- 9/20/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Norwegian novelist and filmmaker Dag Johan Haugerud likes a challenge. His 2014 film I’m the One You Want was a 53-minute, straight-to-camera monologue about a schoolteacher who fell in love with one of her 15-year-old students. His latest, Beware of Children (Barn), which clocks in at two and a half hours, suggests he has plenty more to say about the world of education and its rules for both kids and the adults that teach and accompany them.
The new feature, which feels like a Norwegian, school-set variation on Christos Tsiolkas' novel The Slap, chronicles the fallout of the accidental ...
The new feature, which feels like a Norwegian, school-set variation on Christos Tsiolkas' novel The Slap, chronicles the fallout of the accidental ...
- 9/20/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Christian White.
Tony Ayres and Christian White are co-creating Clickbait, an eight-episode thriller for Netflix, the streaming giant’s first original series to be produced in Melbourne.
Tony Ayres Productions (Tap), Matchbox Pictures and the UK’s Heyday Television will produce the series scripted by White with funding from the Federal Government’s Location Incentive program and Film Victoria’s Production Incentive Attraction Fund.
American Brad Anderson, whose credits include the USA Network’s The Sinner, ABC’s Forever and the movies The Machinist and Beirut, will direct the first two episodes.
Due to shoot in November at Docklands Studios, the production will bring in more than $36 million of international investment, employ about 540 cast, crew and extras and use the services of 290 local businesses, according to Paul Fletcher, Minister for Communications, Cyber Safety and the Arts.
That implies a production budget of around $5 million an hour. The cast is expected...
Tony Ayres and Christian White are co-creating Clickbait, an eight-episode thriller for Netflix, the streaming giant’s first original series to be produced in Melbourne.
Tony Ayres Productions (Tap), Matchbox Pictures and the UK’s Heyday Television will produce the series scripted by White with funding from the Federal Government’s Location Incentive program and Film Victoria’s Production Incentive Attraction Fund.
American Brad Anderson, whose credits include the USA Network’s The Sinner, ABC’s Forever and the movies The Machinist and Beirut, will direct the first two episodes.
Due to shoot in November at Docklands Studios, the production will bring in more than $36 million of international investment, employ about 540 cast, crew and extras and use the services of 290 local businesses, according to Paul Fletcher, Minister for Communications, Cyber Safety and the Arts.
That implies a production budget of around $5 million an hour. The cast is expected...
- 8/25/2019
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Writer Erik Jensen and film-maker Thomas M Wright fought ‘tooth and nail’ on the adaptation – and called in Christos Tsiolkas to mediate
Among the many accomplishments of the director Thomas M Wright’s riveting feature film debut, Acute Misfortune, is the rare sight of a real-life Australian journalist being portrayed on screen.
The film is an adaptation of Erik Jensen’s biography of the artist Adam Cullen, who the author – formerly a journalist for the Sydney Morning Herald, then the editor of the Saturday Paper, and now editor-in-chief of its publisher, Schwartz Media – was first assigned to write about when he was 19.
Among the many accomplishments of the director Thomas M Wright’s riveting feature film debut, Acute Misfortune, is the rare sight of a real-life Australian journalist being portrayed on screen.
The film is an adaptation of Erik Jensen’s biography of the artist Adam Cullen, who the author – formerly a journalist for the Sydney Morning Herald, then the editor of the Saturday Paper, and now editor-in-chief of its publisher, Schwartz Media – was first assigned to write about when he was 19.
- 5/20/2019
- by Luke Buckmaster
- The Guardian - Film News
Jessica De Gouw (L) and Laura Carmichael (Photo credit: Daniel Asher Smith).
Downton Abbey‘s Laura Carmichael and Jessica De Gouw are playing women from different sides of the tracks in Network 10’s psychological thriller The Secrets She Keeps.
Michael Dorman, who stars in Amazon Prime Video’s Patriot, Ryan Corr (Bloom) and Michael Sheasby round out the cast.
Adapted from Michael Robotham’s novel by Jono Gavin and Sarah Walker, the six-part series started shooting in Sydney and the Blue Mountains today, produced by Lingo Pictures’ Helen Bowden and Paul Watters.
The set-up director Catherine Millar is directing four episodes and Jennifer Leacey is helming two.
De Gouw is Meghan, who is married to Jack (Dorman), has two gorgeous children and a third bundle of joy on the way.
Carmichael is Agatha, who is pregnant, has a much younger ex-boyfriend in Hayden (Sheasby), is estranged from her mother and admires Meghan from afar.
Downton Abbey‘s Laura Carmichael and Jessica De Gouw are playing women from different sides of the tracks in Network 10’s psychological thriller The Secrets She Keeps.
Michael Dorman, who stars in Amazon Prime Video’s Patriot, Ryan Corr (Bloom) and Michael Sheasby round out the cast.
Adapted from Michael Robotham’s novel by Jono Gavin and Sarah Walker, the six-part series started shooting in Sydney and the Blue Mountains today, produced by Lingo Pictures’ Helen Bowden and Paul Watters.
The set-up director Catherine Millar is directing four episodes and Jennifer Leacey is helming two.
De Gouw is Meghan, who is married to Jack (Dorman), has two gorgeous children and a third bundle of joy on the way.
Carmichael is Agatha, who is pregnant, has a much younger ex-boyfriend in Hayden (Sheasby), is estranged from her mother and admires Meghan from afar.
- 5/19/2019
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
A feature doc about Lion and Beautiful Boy writer Luke Davies, a film about a recording studio on a remote island in the Caribbean built by Sir George Martin and a tale about underground horror filmmaker Dick Dale are some of the docs to have received funding from Screen Australia.
The Australian government-backed body has awarded A$3.5M (Us$2.5M) for 18 docs as part of its latest funding giveaway.
Milkman: The Story of Luke Davies tells the story of the author, who wrote the Australian feature Lion, which starred Dev Patel and Nicole Kidman, and Steve Carrell and Timothee Chalamet-fronted Beautiful Boy. Davies is currently working on George Clooney’s Hulu drama Catch 22. The project is directed by Davies and Eddie Martin.
Under the Volcano explores Air studios Montserrat, a state-of-the-art recording facility tucked away on a remote island in the Caribbean. Built by Beatles producer Sir George Martin, the...
The Australian government-backed body has awarded A$3.5M (Us$2.5M) for 18 docs as part of its latest funding giveaway.
Milkman: The Story of Luke Davies tells the story of the author, who wrote the Australian feature Lion, which starred Dev Patel and Nicole Kidman, and Steve Carrell and Timothee Chalamet-fronted Beautiful Boy. Davies is currently working on George Clooney’s Hulu drama Catch 22. The project is directed by Davies and Eddie Martin.
Under the Volcano explores Air studios Montserrat, a state-of-the-art recording facility tucked away on a remote island in the Caribbean. Built by Beatles producer Sir George Martin, the...
- 12/17/2018
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
The future of film criticism in Australia is under a cloud, with the number of full-time salaried critics in the country down to a handful — by some estimates, just two people — in the face of a perfect storm of technological disruption, cratering freelance rates and arts funding cuts.
Coverage of the arts, already a marginal element of the news media, is particularly sensitive to the commercial pressures affecting journalism as a whole.
The last two salaried, fulltime film reviewers standing are believed to be Jason Di Rosso at the ABC and Leigh Paatsch at the Herald Sun, whose writing is syndicated across the News Ltd network.
Local magazine-turned-website FilmInk employs three critics, although they combine the role with other editorial or publishing tasks.
The rest of Australia.s film reviewing comes from a patchwork of freelancers and contributors, who are sometimes paid very little or asked to work for free.
Coverage of the arts, already a marginal element of the news media, is particularly sensitive to the commercial pressures affecting journalism as a whole.
The last two salaried, fulltime film reviewers standing are believed to be Jason Di Rosso at the ABC and Leigh Paatsch at the Herald Sun, whose writing is syndicated across the News Ltd network.
Local magazine-turned-website FilmInk employs three critics, although they combine the role with other editorial or publishing tasks.
The rest of Australia.s film reviewing comes from a patchwork of freelancers and contributors, who are sometimes paid very little or asked to work for free.
- 2/7/2017
- by Anders Furze
- IF.com.au
Elias Anton as Danny Kelly
ABC TV has announced its new four-part drama series, Barracuda, starring Rachel Griffiths and Matt Nable, will air on Sunday nights leading up to the 2016 Rio Olympics.
Barracuda, directed by Robert Connelly, is set in Melbourne during 1996 as the golden age of Australian swimming begins. A scholarship to an exclusive boys. school brings 16-year-old Danny Kelly, played by newcomer Elias Anton, one step closer to his ultimate goal - winning Olympic gold. Barracuda, based the book by award-winning novelist Christos Tsiolkas., is a story about identity, obsession, desire, the dizzy heights of success and the terrifying risk of failure. . Initially, Danny struggles to find his place in the prestigious social circles of the private boys school. However, under the charge of highly regarded coach Frank Torma and a friendship/rivalry with teammate Martin Taylor, Danny is soon on track to become Australia.s youngest swimming champion,...
ABC TV has announced its new four-part drama series, Barracuda, starring Rachel Griffiths and Matt Nable, will air on Sunday nights leading up to the 2016 Rio Olympics.
Barracuda, directed by Robert Connelly, is set in Melbourne during 1996 as the golden age of Australian swimming begins. A scholarship to an exclusive boys. school brings 16-year-old Danny Kelly, played by newcomer Elias Anton, one step closer to his ultimate goal - winning Olympic gold. Barracuda, based the book by award-winning novelist Christos Tsiolkas., is a story about identity, obsession, desire, the dizzy heights of success and the terrifying risk of failure. . Initially, Danny struggles to find his place in the prestigious social circles of the private boys school. However, under the charge of highly regarded coach Frank Torma and a friendship/rivalry with teammate Martin Taylor, Danny is soon on track to become Australia.s youngest swimming champion,...
- 6/17/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Noni Hazlehurst.
Noni Hazlehurst will lead a session on power and influence in the media at the 2016 Screen Futures Summit, presented by The Australian Teachers of Media (Atom) and Acmi.
Taking place in Melbourne from June 30-July 3, the summit will run for three days across Acmi and Rmit with over 100 sessions..
Christos Tsiolkas will be joined by producer Tony Ayres to discuss their upcoming TV adaptation of Tsiolkas' novel Barracuda, and Eva Orner will participate in a Q&A via satellite with human rights advocate Julian Burnside after a screening of her documentary Chasing Asylum.
The team from The Family Law.will participate in a Q&A, as will the makers of Logie-winning teen drama Ready for This.
Industry leaders Sue Maslin, David Vadiveloo, Julie Kalceff, Rosie Lourde and Rebecca Mostyn will discuss diversity on screen, and Warwick Thornton will be joined by Philip Batty, Neil Turner and Curtis Taylor...
Noni Hazlehurst will lead a session on power and influence in the media at the 2016 Screen Futures Summit, presented by The Australian Teachers of Media (Atom) and Acmi.
Taking place in Melbourne from June 30-July 3, the summit will run for three days across Acmi and Rmit with over 100 sessions..
Christos Tsiolkas will be joined by producer Tony Ayres to discuss their upcoming TV adaptation of Tsiolkas' novel Barracuda, and Eva Orner will participate in a Q&A via satellite with human rights advocate Julian Burnside after a screening of her documentary Chasing Asylum.
The team from The Family Law.will participate in a Q&A, as will the makers of Logie-winning teen drama Ready for This.
Industry leaders Sue Maslin, David Vadiveloo, Julie Kalceff, Rosie Lourde and Rebecca Mostyn will discuss diversity on screen, and Warwick Thornton will be joined by Philip Batty, Neil Turner and Curtis Taylor...
- 6/7/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Newcomers Elias Anton and Ben Kindon are playing the leads in Barracuda, the 4-part Matchbox Pictures drama for ABC directed by Rob Connolly.
The ABC revealed the casts and storylines of its 2016 adult dramas, all previously commissioned and announced, at its upfronts presentation on Tuesday night.
The broadcaster confirmed a third season of Matchbox Pictures. Nowhere Boys and announced two animated series. Planet 55 Studios. sci-fi/adventure Prisoner Zero follows teen heroes Tag and Gem and their mysterious friend Prisoner Zero.
Stark Production.s The Deep is the saga of the Nekton family who encounter leviathans swimming through sunken cities, modern day pirates lurking amidst floating black markets and mysterious guardians who conceal long lost secrets.
The teen-targeted slate also includes Ambience Entertainment.s Tomorrow, When the War Began, based on the novels by John Marsden. In Barracuda, Anton plays Danny Kelly, a Melbourne teenager who yearns for a gold medal...
The ABC revealed the casts and storylines of its 2016 adult dramas, all previously commissioned and announced, at its upfronts presentation on Tuesday night.
The broadcaster confirmed a third season of Matchbox Pictures. Nowhere Boys and announced two animated series. Planet 55 Studios. sci-fi/adventure Prisoner Zero follows teen heroes Tag and Gem and their mysterious friend Prisoner Zero.
Stark Production.s The Deep is the saga of the Nekton family who encounter leviathans swimming through sunken cities, modern day pirates lurking amidst floating black markets and mysterious guardians who conceal long lost secrets.
The teen-targeted slate also includes Ambience Entertainment.s Tomorrow, When the War Began, based on the novels by John Marsden. In Barracuda, Anton plays Danny Kelly, a Melbourne teenager who yearns for a gold medal...
- 11/24/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Amanda Higgs has joined Matchbox Pictures as creative producer as she prepares to start production on the ABC TV drama Barracuda.
Higgs, who was script editor on Matchbox Pictures/ABC's The Slap, most recently produced two series of The Time of Our Lives for the public broadcaster.
Before that she served as acting head of drama and commissioning editor at the ABC, where she also executive produced dramas and comedies. She was also consultant Ep for Fox8 on SLiDE.
At Southern Star she co-created and produced Network 10.s The Secret Life of Us, the most watched Oz. drama in the 16-39 year old demographic.
Based on the book of the same name by Christos Tsiolkas, Barracuda follows young Olympic hopeful Danny Kelly as he deals with the pressure of obsession. Rob Connolly is directing with scripts by Belinda Chayko and Blake Ayshford.
Matchbox MD Chris Oliver-Taylor said: .Amanda.s track record is formidable,...
Higgs, who was script editor on Matchbox Pictures/ABC's The Slap, most recently produced two series of The Time of Our Lives for the public broadcaster.
Before that she served as acting head of drama and commissioning editor at the ABC, where she also executive produced dramas and comedies. She was also consultant Ep for Fox8 on SLiDE.
At Southern Star she co-created and produced Network 10.s The Secret Life of Us, the most watched Oz. drama in the 16-39 year old demographic.
Based on the book of the same name by Christos Tsiolkas, Barracuda follows young Olympic hopeful Danny Kelly as he deals with the pressure of obsession. Rob Connolly is directing with scripts by Belinda Chayko and Blake Ayshford.
Matchbox MD Chris Oliver-Taylor said: .Amanda.s track record is formidable,...
- 9/16/2015
- by Staff writer
- IF.com.au
Seven films have been recognised for their strength, technicality and ingenuity in the 64th Melbourne International Film Festival (Miff) best shorts awards.
The jury consisting of producer Anna McLeish, author and writer Christos Tsiolkas and Rialto Distribution.s Hayley Weston. awarded the following films: The Rmit University Award for Best Experimental Short Film went to French film Tehran-geles by director Arash Nassiri and producer Eric Prigent, in which a futuristic vision of Tehran is constructed using aerial shots of Los Angeles at night. The jury said, .Nassiri.s astonishing and mesmerising film, that blurs the lines between animation and the real, between science fiction and documentary, is a visually inventive exploration of what the future of the moving image might look like.. Pond5 Award for Best Documentary Short Film was given to Nowhere Line: Voices from Manus Island by director/producer Lukas Schrank, in which animation is used to depict...
The jury consisting of producer Anna McLeish, author and writer Christos Tsiolkas and Rialto Distribution.s Hayley Weston. awarded the following films: The Rmit University Award for Best Experimental Short Film went to French film Tehran-geles by director Arash Nassiri and producer Eric Prigent, in which a futuristic vision of Tehran is constructed using aerial shots of Los Angeles at night. The jury said, .Nassiri.s astonishing and mesmerising film, that blurs the lines between animation and the real, between science fiction and documentary, is a visually inventive exploration of what the future of the moving image might look like.. Pond5 Award for Best Documentary Short Film was given to Nowhere Line: Voices from Manus Island by director/producer Lukas Schrank, in which animation is used to depict...
- 8/10/2015
- by Staff writer
- IF.com.au
Simon Baker will make his feature directing debut, Matchbox Pictures will adapt another Christos Tsiolkas. novel for the ABC and Endemol Australia will produce a female-driven drama for the Nine Network in projects funded by Screen Australia.
Among other funding recipients are a TV spin-off of Tomorrow, When the War Began, a Nowhere Boys telemovie for the ABC and a relationships comedy directed by Tim Ferguson and Marc Gracie.
In total Screen Australia is investing $13.4 million in 12 film and television projects which will trigger production worth $64.3 million.
Baker (The Mentalist) will direct and star in the screen adaptation of Tim Winton.s novel Breath, scripted by Top of the Lake.s Gerard Lee.
The producers are Mark Johnson (Breaking Bad, The Notebook), Baker and See Pictures. Jamie Hilton (Backtrack, The Little Death).
Arclight is pitching the 1970s-set project to prospective buyers at the Cannes Film Market. The novel focusses on two teenagers,...
Among other funding recipients are a TV spin-off of Tomorrow, When the War Began, a Nowhere Boys telemovie for the ABC and a relationships comedy directed by Tim Ferguson and Marc Gracie.
In total Screen Australia is investing $13.4 million in 12 film and television projects which will trigger production worth $64.3 million.
Baker (The Mentalist) will direct and star in the screen adaptation of Tim Winton.s novel Breath, scripted by Top of the Lake.s Gerard Lee.
The producers are Mark Johnson (Breaking Bad, The Notebook), Baker and See Pictures. Jamie Hilton (Backtrack, The Little Death).
Arclight is pitching the 1970s-set project to prospective buyers at the Cannes Film Market. The novel focusses on two teenagers,...
- 5/13/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Network: NBC
Episodes: Eight (hour)
Seasons: One
TV show dates: February 12, 2015 -- April 2, 2015
Series status: Ended
Performers include: Peter Sarsgaard, Thandie Newton, Uma Thurman, Makenzie Leigh, Zachary Quinto, Dylan Schombing, Thomas Sadoski, Melissa George, Brian Cox, Lucas Hedges, Maria Tucci, Marin Ireland, and Penn Badgley.
TV show description:
This series is based on the book by Christos Tsiolkas and the Australian television series of the same name. It's an unflinching look at how one little slap can have a huge impact.
Hector (Peter Sarsgaard) is a public servant, husband, father and valued friend who's on the cusp of his 40th birthday and not comfortable with it. His beautiful and intelligent wife is Aisha (Thandie Newton). She's planning his party filled with his very boisterous Greek family and friends like television writer...
Episodes: Eight (hour)
Seasons: One
TV show dates: February 12, 2015 -- April 2, 2015
Series status: Ended
Performers include: Peter Sarsgaard, Thandie Newton, Uma Thurman, Makenzie Leigh, Zachary Quinto, Dylan Schombing, Thomas Sadoski, Melissa George, Brian Cox, Lucas Hedges, Maria Tucci, Marin Ireland, and Penn Badgley.
TV show description:
This series is based on the book by Christos Tsiolkas and the Australian television series of the same name. It's an unflinching look at how one little slap can have a huge impact.
Hector (Peter Sarsgaard) is a public servant, husband, father and valued friend who's on the cusp of his 40th birthday and not comfortable with it. His beautiful and intelligent wife is Aisha (Thandie Newton). She's planning his party filled with his very boisterous Greek family and friends like television writer...
- 4/4/2015
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
The Slap, NBC’s newest family drama series, is sure to leave a bad taste in your mouth. The Slap based on the Australian TV series that is originally adapted from the novel of the same name by Christos Tsiolkas, challenges the ideas of child-rearing and family dynamics. The show exposes the weaker bonds of a […]
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The post ‘The Slap’ Review: A Family Drama That Hits Hard appeared first on uInterview.
- 2/13/2015
- by Kelly Mena
- Uinterview
NBC's adaptation of the Australian miniseries premiered last night to strong ratings, with Thandie Newton taking over the role in the American version, that Sophie Okonedo played in the Australian original. Now you can watch the Australian original before, or alongside the American remake, because Hulu purchased the rights to it, and has made it available, in full, even for those without Hulu memberships. I've embedded all 5 original episodes below. Titled "The Slap," the Australian TV mini-series, which co-stars Sophie Okonedo is based on the award-winning novel by Christos Tsiolkas, which traces the shattering repercussions of a single...
- 2/13/2015
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
The Slap, an 8-episode recreation of an Australian miniseries, which is based on a popular novel, is NBC‘s latest attempt at “Event Television,” but it is a tricky, sloppy effort that purports to be an examination of, to varying degrees, “reality,” but in the sense that demands the quotation marks.
As the promos, and name, give away, the show revolves around what happens to a family when one moment, a slap, throws everything into turmoil. This leads us to, as we get toward the end of the show, a great many secrets being revealed.
There could hardly be more of a misrepresentation of what this show is about.
After watching the show’s trailer, and perhaps hearing a very basic outline, you might get the idea that the show is about trying to get past a horrible mistake. A child is shown to be rather unruly, and his parents...
As the promos, and name, give away, the show revolves around what happens to a family when one moment, a slap, throws everything into turmoil. This leads us to, as we get toward the end of the show, a great many secrets being revealed.
There could hardly be more of a misrepresentation of what this show is about.
After watching the show’s trailer, and perhaps hearing a very basic outline, you might get the idea that the show is about trying to get past a horrible mistake. A child is shown to be rather unruly, and his parents...
- 2/12/2015
- by Marc Eastman
- AreYouScreening.com
The Slap makes you want to slap it and every character that's a part of it. That can't be the strategy, can it? NBC's big swing of a miniseries has a lot of superb actors and a wonderful director, and it's hoping to re-create the success of the book by Christos Tsiolkas and the Australian series of the same name, but there are egregious problems at the core of the first two episodes that NBC sent to critics. It's an agitating piece of work by design, hoping to prompt conversation and create first impressions that it might later be
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- 2/11/2015
- by Tim Goodman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Slap heard 'round the world makes its way to America on Thursday, February 12, when NBC rolls out its eight-part miniseries. Based on a 2008 novel by Christos Tsiolkas about what happens after a child gets slapped by another child’s parent, the narrative was turned into a TV show in the author’s native Australia. Jon Robin Baitz, of Brothers & Sisters and Other Desert Cities fame, took a spin at the script and rejiggered it for U.S. network television. It may be on NBC, but the format, all-star cast, and style all make The Slap more akin to a cable drama.Baitz refocused the story to reflect themes more prevalent in contemporary American, setting it in Brooklyn’s posh Fort Greene neighborhood. “It's deeply, troublingly revealing of the dark inner lives of American suburbs, and I thought it would be unlike a lot of things we see on television,...
- 2/11/2015
- by Julie Baumgardner
- Vulture
The stars of The Slap chatted with Et on Monday about how the controversial NBC show is starting an important conversation among TV viewers.
Photo: Does Uma Thurman Look Unrecognizable?
The miniseries, based on the book by Christos Tsiolkas and the Australian TV series of the same name, is a family drama that centers on a man who slaps another couple's child for misbehaving. When the couple's parents threaten legal action, the chain of events that follows uncovers long-buried secrets within the group of friends and family, and challenges the core values of everyone involved. The show features an all-star cast, which includes Peter Sarsgaard, Thandie Newton, Zachary Quinto, Uma Thurman, Brian Cox and Melissa George.
"I'm extremely non-violent," Thurman told Et at the New York premiere. "I don't see why anyone would think violence would be an effective way to treat a human being with a complex brain."
It's Quinto's character that delivers the slap that...
Photo: Does Uma Thurman Look Unrecognizable?
The miniseries, based on the book by Christos Tsiolkas and the Australian TV series of the same name, is a family drama that centers on a man who slaps another couple's child for misbehaving. When the couple's parents threaten legal action, the chain of events that follows uncovers long-buried secrets within the group of friends and family, and challenges the core values of everyone involved. The show features an all-star cast, which includes Peter Sarsgaard, Thandie Newton, Zachary Quinto, Uma Thurman, Brian Cox and Melissa George.
"I'm extremely non-violent," Thurman told Et at the New York premiere. "I don't see why anyone would think violence would be an effective way to treat a human being with a complex brain."
It's Quinto's character that delivers the slap that...
- 2/11/2015
- Entertainment Tonight
To slap or not to slap, that is the big question NBC is posing. Imagine if someone hauled off and slapped your kid? What if your kid is a prized a-hole who had it coming? What if your whole family dynamic is twisted and full of secrets and issues?Welcome to “The Slap.”From NBC “The Slap” is a miniseries based on the book by Christos Tsiolkas and the Australian television series (“The Slap”) produced by Matchbox Pictures.Meet Hector (Peter Sarsgaard) a public servant, husband, father and valued friend on the cusp of his 40th birthday. Meet Aisha (Thandie Newton), Hector’s beautiful and […]...
- 2/10/2015
- by April Neale
- Monsters and Critics
You may have found yourself, over the years, in situations where you have been tempted to reprimand another person’s misbehaving child. While most of us would keep such inclinations to ourselves, the premise behind the new NBC miniseries The Slap follows the fallout of what does happen in such a circumstance, and how it turns out to be about far more than a slap. Zachary Quinto is among the stars of the series, which is based on a 2011 Australian TV series of the same name (itself inspired by Christos Tsiolkas’ 2008 novel). Quinto plays Harry, who slaps another couple’s … Continue reading →
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- 2/6/2015
- by Jeff Pfeiffer
- ChannelGuideMag
The original Australian series is streaming on Netflix, for those who are interested in checking out the mini-series. Titled "The Slap," the Australian TV 8-part mini, which co-starred Sophie Okonedo, is based on the award-winning novel by Christos Tsiolkas, which traces the shattering repercussions of a single event on a group of family and friends. At an Australian backyard barbecue, a man slaps a child who is not his son. The boy's parents are so affronted by the assault that they call the police and legal action results, as questions of parenting, the rights of children, race, class, sexuality and the different perspectives of men and...
- 2/4/2015
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
TCA 2015: “It’s not really about the slap,” actor Zachary Quinto says of the NBC series.
The cast of NBC’s “The Slap” answered questions Friday about the upcoming series’ defining moment — for one, “Exactly how many times did Harry (Zachary Quinto) slap misbehaving young child Hugo (Dylan Schombing)?” During the Television Critics Association panel in Pasadena, California, reporters also wanted to know how showrunners explained the abusive moment to young actors on set.
“When we got on the set, they had read the scenes. They had their parents there, so they were kind of gamed. They pretty much slid right in,...
The cast of NBC’s “The Slap” answered questions Friday about the upcoming series’ defining moment — for one, “Exactly how many times did Harry (Zachary Quinto) slap misbehaving young child Hugo (Dylan Schombing)?” During the Television Critics Association panel in Pasadena, California, reporters also wanted to know how showrunners explained the abusive moment to young actors on set.
“When we got on the set, they had read the scenes. They had their parents there, so they were kind of gamed. They pretty much slid right in,...
- 1/17/2015
- by Alicia Banks
- The Wrap
The original Australian series is streaming on Netflix, for those who are interested in checking out the mini-series. Titled "The Slap," the Australian TV 8-part mini, which co-starred Sophie Okonedo, is based on the award-winning novel by Christos Tsiolkas, which traces the shattering repercussions of a single event on a group of family and friends. At an Australian backyard barbecue, a man slaps a child who is not his son. The boy's parents are so affronted by the assault that they call the police and legal action results, as questions of parenting, the rights of children, race, class, sexuality and the different perspectives of men and...
- 1/5/2015
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
Directv customers would have likely already seen this series, since the provider picked it up and broadcast it on its Audience Network (Channel 239, included at no extra charge with any Directv package) in February 2012:. Now those with Netflix streaming accounts who are interested in checking out the mini-series, can now do so, as it's become available on that platform as of this week. Titled "The Slap," the Australian TV 8-part mini-series, which co-stars Sophie Okonedo is based on the award-winning novel by Christos Tsiolkas, which traces the shattering repercussions of a single event on a group of family and friends. At...
- 10/3/2014
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
Thandie Newton and Melissa George have been cast in NBC's domestic drama miniseries “The Slap,” which centers around the fallout from a child who is slapped at a party. Also read: ‘Heroes’ Star Zachary Quinto, ‘Deadwood's’ Brian Cox Join NBC Miniseries ‘The Slap’ Adapted from a novel by Australian author Christos Tsiolkas and an Australian television miniseries, “The Slap” is slated to run for eight episodes. Newton, who won a BAFTA award for her turn in “Crash,” will play Aisha, Hector's wife and a mother of two. She's said to be an oft-stressed, deeply philosophical character. Newton also appeared on “ER” for several.
- 10/3/2014
- by Travis Reilly
- The Wrap
Zachary Quinto and Brian Cox have been cast in NBC's domestic drama miniseries “The Slap,” about the fallout from a child being slapped at a party. Based on a novel by Australian author Christos Tsiolkas that was previously adapted as an Australian miniseries, “The Slap” will run for eight episodes. Quinto, who has starred on “Heroes,” “Star Trek” and “American Horror Story,” will play Harry. Married, with a 15-year-old son, he is a mechanic/dealer specializing in expensive European automobiles, and lives with his family in a Brooklyn loft. Perennially angry but seemingly pleased with his life, he's something of a Neanderthal,...
- 9/9/2014
- by Jethro Nededog
- The Wrap
Peter Sarsgaard and Mary-Louise Parker have been cast in NBC's domestic drama miniseries “The Slap,” about the fallout from a child being slapped at a party. NBC announced in January that the miniseries will run for eight episodes. It is based on a novel by Australian author Christos Tsiolkas that was previously adapted as an Australian miniseries. Also read: Christopher Walken to Play Tap-Dancing Captain Hook in ‘Peter Pan Live’ Sarsgaard appeared recently in AMC and Netflix's “The Killing,” while Parker starred in Showtime's “Weeds.” NBC entertainment chief Bob Greenblatt, who was previously at Showtime, helped develop and supervise the dramedy “Weeds.
- 7/25/2014
- by Tim Molloy
- The Wrap
Our last post on this was in 2012, when it was announced that Directv's Audience Network (Channel 239) had acquired and added the critically-acclaimed drama to its programming lineup that year; so those of you who were Directv customers in 2012 might have seen it. The Slap, The Australian TV 8-part mini-series co-stars Sophie Okonedo, and is based on the award-winning novel by Christos Tsiolkas that traces the shattering repercussions of a single event on a group of family and friends. Specifically, at an Australian backyard barbecue, a man slaps a child who is not his son. The boy's parents are so affronted by the assault that they call...
- 1/22/2014
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
Matchbox Pictures and Universal Television will produce a Us version of The Slap for the NBC network.
NBC has ordered eight episodes, adapted by Brothers & Sisters creator Jon Robin Baitz.
The remake was first reported in October 2012 but NBC has now formally given the greenlight.
Baitz and Matchbox.s Tony Ayres will executive produce with Universal TV-based Walter Parkes and Laurie MacDonald and Ted Gold.
Adapted from the Christos Tsiolkas novel, The Slap starred Jonathan Lapaglia, Melissa George, Essie Davis, Alex Dimitriades, Sophie Lowe and Sophie Okonedo and aired on ABC-tv in 2011
The Us version is likely to follow the same approach of each episode looking at a cataclysmic act -one man slapping another couple.s misbehaving child-. from the viewpoint of each participant and onlooker.
The Slap is the latest addition to an unprecedented wave of remakes for Us networks, which include Essential Media and Entertainment's Rake (Fox...
NBC has ordered eight episodes, adapted by Brothers & Sisters creator Jon Robin Baitz.
The remake was first reported in October 2012 but NBC has now formally given the greenlight.
Baitz and Matchbox.s Tony Ayres will executive produce with Universal TV-based Walter Parkes and Laurie MacDonald and Ted Gold.
Adapted from the Christos Tsiolkas novel, The Slap starred Jonathan Lapaglia, Melissa George, Essie Davis, Alex Dimitriades, Sophie Lowe and Sophie Okonedo and aired on ABC-tv in 2011
The Us version is likely to follow the same approach of each episode looking at a cataclysmic act -one man slapping another couple.s misbehaving child-. from the viewpoint of each participant and onlooker.
The Slap is the latest addition to an unprecedented wave of remakes for Us networks, which include Essential Media and Entertainment's Rake (Fox...
- 1/19/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Jonathan Lapaglia and Luke Hemsworth are joining The Reckoning, a film from Lightning Entertainment. The film will be directed John V. Soto (Crush). Hemsworth, much like the third Manning brother, is the lesser known of the Hemsworth clan, that has Thor and Gale as the other members. Lapaglia is the son of Without A Trace star Anthony Lapaglia. Check the press release for more deets on the film.
Los Angeles – Jonathan Lapaglia and Luke Hemsworth will star in the crime thriller The Reckoning, written and to be directed by John V. Soto (Needle, Crush), it was announced today by Robert Beaumont, President of Lightning Entertainment who is set to handle International sales rights to the film.
The Reckoning will start principal photography on April 29th on location in Australia. Deidre Kitcher (Needle, Crush) is producing. Robert Lundberg, Greg Coote, David Calvert-Jones, Roger Savill and Kim Savill will executive produce the film.
Los Angeles – Jonathan Lapaglia and Luke Hemsworth will star in the crime thriller The Reckoning, written and to be directed by John V. Soto (Needle, Crush), it was announced today by Robert Beaumont, President of Lightning Entertainment who is set to handle International sales rights to the film.
The Reckoning will start principal photography on April 29th on location in Australia. Deidre Kitcher (Needle, Crush) is producing. Robert Lundberg, Greg Coote, David Calvert-Jones, Roger Savill and Kim Savill will executive produce the film.
- 3/30/2013
- by Andy Greene
- FamousMonsters of Filmland
Brothers reign today, it would seem. News has come out about the ucpoming crime thriller “The Reckoning,” written and to be directed by John V. Soto (“Needle,” “Crush”). What’s the news, you ask? Well, “The Reckoning” will star Jonathan Lapaglia and Luke Hemsworth, actors who both have very famous brothers. Lapaglia will play Det. Robbie Green and Hemsworth with play Det. Jason Pearson. Lapaglia is the younger brother to Anthony Lapaglia. His first big break was in 1996 with the TV show, “New York Undercover.” He went back to his native Australia to star in the TV adaptation of the Christos Tsiolkas’ novel “The Slap” and to play the title [ Read More ]
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- 3/26/2013
- by monique
- ShockYa
We first told you about the new film from the director of the 2010 Australian supernatural film Needle, John V. Soto, entitled The Reckoning, way back in October; and we now have an update on the film's progression for you!
From the Press Release
Jonathan Lapaglia (pictured) and Luke Hemsworth will star in the crime thriller The Reckoning, written and to be directed by John V. Soto (Needle, Crush), it was announced today by Robert Beaumont, President of Lightning Entertainment, who is set to handle international sales rights to the film.
The Reckoning will start principal photography on April 29th on location in Australia. Deidre Kitcher (Needle, Crush) is producing. Robert Lundberg, Greg Coote, David Calvert-Jones, Roger Savill, and Kim Savill will executive produce the film.
The story revolves around a detective who discovers footage at a murder scene, shot by two teenagers, that provides clues to the identity of a killer.
From the Press Release
Jonathan Lapaglia (pictured) and Luke Hemsworth will star in the crime thriller The Reckoning, written and to be directed by John V. Soto (Needle, Crush), it was announced today by Robert Beaumont, President of Lightning Entertainment, who is set to handle international sales rights to the film.
The Reckoning will start principal photography on April 29th on location in Australia. Deidre Kitcher (Needle, Crush) is producing. Robert Lundberg, Greg Coote, David Calvert-Jones, Roger Savill, and Kim Savill will executive produce the film.
The story revolves around a detective who discovers footage at a murder scene, shot by two teenagers, that provides clues to the identity of a killer.
- 3/25/2013
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Jonathan Lapaglia and Luke Hemsworth will star in the crime thriller The Reckoning, written and to be directed by John V. Soto (Needle, Crush), it was announced today by Robert Beaumont, President of Lightning Entertainment who is set to handle International sales rights to the film.
The Reckoning will start principal photography on April 29th on location in Australia. Deidre Kitcher (Needle, Crush) is producing. Robert Lundberg, Greg Coote, David Calvert-Jones, Roger Savill and Kim Savill will executive produce the film.
The story revolves around a detective who discovers footage at a murder scene, shot by two teenagers, that provides clues to the identity of a killer. The teens have since gone missing, and as the detective retraces their journey, he soon uncovers a trail of deceit and murder that leads all the way back to him.
Kitcher says that the thriller is “best described as Memento meets Kalifornia.”
A Filmscope Entertainment production,...
The Reckoning will start principal photography on April 29th on location in Australia. Deidre Kitcher (Needle, Crush) is producing. Robert Lundberg, Greg Coote, David Calvert-Jones, Roger Savill and Kim Savill will executive produce the film.
The story revolves around a detective who discovers footage at a murder scene, shot by two teenagers, that provides clues to the identity of a killer. The teens have since gone missing, and as the detective retraces their journey, he soon uncovers a trail of deceit and murder that leads all the way back to him.
Kitcher says that the thriller is “best described as Memento meets Kalifornia.”
A Filmscope Entertainment production,...
- 3/25/2013
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Why is 40 such a critical age? An encounter between writer Peter Robb and Alex Dimitriades, an actor resurrecting his career, offered some answers
A couple of years ago I wrote a piece on the Australian actor Alex Dimitriades. Alex had stumbled from high school into a career as a film and TV star a bit over 20 years before, and he was still a significant presence on Australian screens. But a sense of slippage was growing.
I'd met him a decade before, when we workshopped a play at the Sydney Theatre Company. He was an actor of great intuitive strength, as good on stage as in his films. Head On had caused a stir in Cannes a short time before. He seemed at the top of his game, and full of promise still. I didn't know it, but the brilliant young film actor's career was already beginning to slow. The titles...
A couple of years ago I wrote a piece on the Australian actor Alex Dimitriades. Alex had stumbled from high school into a career as a film and TV star a bit over 20 years before, and he was still a significant presence on Australian screens. But a sense of slippage was growing.
I'd met him a decade before, when we workshopped a play at the Sydney Theatre Company. He was an actor of great intuitive strength, as good on stage as in his films. Head On had caused a stir in Cannes a short time before. He seemed at the top of his game, and full of promise still. I didn't know it, but the brilliant young film actor's career was already beginning to slow. The titles...
- 3/12/2013
- The Guardian - Film News
The number of Australian film projects that are adaptations . that is, based on an existing novel, short story, stage play, musical or some other creative work . is declining, according to Screen Australia. Only 38 of the 200 Australian films produced between 1999 and 2008 were adaptations . compare that 19 per cent figure to the 1920s, when one-third of all Australian films were based on existing works.
And compare that figure to the current rate of adaptation in the Us where 50 per cent of all films are adaptations, and they account for 60-70 per cent of the box office take each year.
Why are adaptations important? The Australian Film Television and Radio school.s head of screenwriting, Ross Grayson Bell, believes these sorts of projects are vital for Australian producers. "Adaptations get better funding, and they do better at the box office," he says.
But Bell is concerned that the Australian film industry hasn't made the...
And compare that figure to the current rate of adaptation in the Us where 50 per cent of all films are adaptations, and they account for 60-70 per cent of the box office take each year.
Why are adaptations important? The Australian Film Television and Radio school.s head of screenwriting, Ross Grayson Bell, believes these sorts of projects are vital for Australian producers. "Adaptations get better funding, and they do better at the box office," he says.
But Bell is concerned that the Australian film industry hasn't made the...
- 2/26/2013
- by Anthony Fordham
- IF.com.au
This article first appeared in If magazine Issue #146
Even though Matchbox Pictures. award-winning project was an eight-part TV series, sound designer Craig Carter treated it like a full-blown feature film.
.I think TV tends to be a bit kind of .let.s just get it covered.,. says Carter. .With most TV, it tends to be .you see a movement and you hear a sound for that. . they.re not really doing anything that you don.t see. Whereas in cinema, we start to move into the more traditional role of what music does, which is try and describe the emotional state somebody is in and take up the storytelling, and that.s what we were trying to do with The Slap and I think we got there..
That emotional storytelling was the key to the success of the series which was based on Christos Tsiolkas. best-selling novel.
.The slap itself...
Even though Matchbox Pictures. award-winning project was an eight-part TV series, sound designer Craig Carter treated it like a full-blown feature film.
.I think TV tends to be a bit kind of .let.s just get it covered.,. says Carter. .With most TV, it tends to be .you see a movement and you hear a sound for that. . they.re not really doing anything that you don.t see. Whereas in cinema, we start to move into the more traditional role of what music does, which is try and describe the emotional state somebody is in and take up the storytelling, and that.s what we were trying to do with The Slap and I think we got there..
That emotional storytelling was the key to the success of the series which was based on Christos Tsiolkas. best-selling novel.
.The slap itself...
- 2/4/2013
- by Inside Film Correspondent
- IF.com.au
Tell us about the films you've seen in the past few days – and find out what our critics made of them
Seen any good films over the weekend? Or bad ones for that matter? Whether you went to the cinema, watched movies on TV, or even visited what used to be known as the "video shop", we'd like to hear about your recent viewing in the comments below.
Here's what our critics had to say about recent releases:
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Peter Bradshaw said: There can be no doubt that Jackson has made The Hobbit with brio and fun, and Martin Freeman is just right as Bilbo Baggins: he plays it with understatement and charm. But I had the weird, residual sense that I was watching an exceptionally expensive, imaginative and starry BBC television drama production. Read more
Smashed
Peter Bradshaw said: Raw and sombre, not without flaws,...
Seen any good films over the weekend? Or bad ones for that matter? Whether you went to the cinema, watched movies on TV, or even visited what used to be known as the "video shop", we'd like to hear about your recent viewing in the comments below.
Here's what our critics had to say about recent releases:
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Peter Bradshaw said: There can be no doubt that Jackson has made The Hobbit with brio and fun, and Martin Freeman is just right as Bilbo Baggins: he plays it with understatement and charm. But I had the weird, residual sense that I was watching an exceptionally expensive, imaginative and starry BBC television drama production. Read more
Smashed
Peter Bradshaw said: Raw and sombre, not without flaws,...
- 12/17/2012
- by Adam Boult
- The Guardian - Film News
Tony Krawitz's unsettling Mitteleuropean drama adds more weight to Australian cinema's new-found boldness
Though it's not quite in the same league as last year's knockout one-two of Snowtown and Animal Kingdom, this adaptation of a Christos Tsiolkas novel provides further notice of Australian cinema's new found boldness. A gay photographer (Ewen Leslie) heads to Athens to scatter his Greek Orthodox father's ashes and discover his roots; instead, he stumbles over the knots and tangles of a continent-spanning network of prejudice and exploitation. Footage of the austerity protests lends it an of-the-moment vibe, but essentially it's a historical horror movie, turning on the snapper learning what's been polluting his bloodline. The film's restlessness – schlepping from one Mitteleuropean hellhole to another – saps some momentum, but director Tony Krawitz pulls off several unsettling moodshifts, and takes extremely seriously the old-world traditions and superstitions a gorefest like Hostel could only sneer and snigger at.
Though it's not quite in the same league as last year's knockout one-two of Snowtown and Animal Kingdom, this adaptation of a Christos Tsiolkas novel provides further notice of Australian cinema's new found boldness. A gay photographer (Ewen Leslie) heads to Athens to scatter his Greek Orthodox father's ashes and discover his roots; instead, he stumbles over the knots and tangles of a continent-spanning network of prejudice and exploitation. Footage of the austerity protests lends it an of-the-moment vibe, but essentially it's a historical horror movie, turning on the snapper learning what's been polluting his bloodline. The film's restlessness – schlepping from one Mitteleuropean hellhole to another – saps some momentum, but director Tony Krawitz pulls off several unsettling moodshifts, and takes extremely seriously the old-world traditions and superstitions a gorefest like Hostel could only sneer and snigger at.
- 12/14/2012
- by Mike McCahill
- The Guardian - Film News
Tony Krawitz.s psychological thriller Dead Europe follows the plight of a young man who, disturbed by revelations of his family.s sinister past, attempts to seek solace in a world of random sex and drugs. It is also a film which captures authentic portrayals of the forgotten peoples of contemporary Europe. Keen to ensure their stories were told, Krawitz actually went in search for people he thought would resonate well in the film, and asked for their permission to be included. The result, as Krawitz explains, is a mirror effect between audience and main character Isaac. Just as Isaac is .not sure what.s real and what.s not,. the audience also questions, .Is that an actor or not? Is that a real location or not?. Based on the novel by Christos Tsiolkas, Dead Europe is a mystery set on the turbulent streets of contemporary Europe. The film follows...
- 11/22/2012
- by Candace Wise
- IF.com.au
Tony Krawitz.s psychological thriller Dead Europe follows the plight of a young man who, disturbed by revelations of his family.s sinister past, attempts to seek solace in a world of random sex and drugs. It is also a film which captures authentic portrayals of the forgotten peoples of contemporary Europe. Keen to ensure their stories were told, Krawitz actually went in search for people he thought would resonate well in the film, and asked for their permission to be included. The result, as Krawitz explains, is a mirror effect between audience and main character Isaac. Just as Isaac is .not sure what.s real and what.s not,. the audience also questions, .Is that an actor or not? Is that a real location or not?. Based on the novel by Christos Tsiolkas, Dead Europe is a mystery set on the turbulent streets of contemporary Europe. The film follows...
- 11/22/2012
- by Candace Wise
- IF.com.au
Antony Partos and Sonar Music, the team behind the music of The Slap have led the nominees for the Australian Guild of Screen Composers, announced this morning while Burning Man, Storm Surfers 3D, Santa’s Apprentice and Needle are the four nominees for feature film score.
The announcement:
Today we pay tribute to the leading lights of Australian screen composition with the announcement of nominees for the 2012 Screen Music Awards. The event, to be held this year in Melbourne on Monday November 19th, is jointly staged by Apra (Australasian Performing Right Association) and the Agsc (Australian Guild of Screen Composers). It is the only Australian event where the music and screen industry gather to celebrate excellence in the composition of music for film and television.
Across twelve awards categories Apra and the Agsc are today proud to recognise 61 composers, and 40 works as representing the best in Australian screen composition for...
The announcement:
Today we pay tribute to the leading lights of Australian screen composition with the announcement of nominees for the 2012 Screen Music Awards. The event, to be held this year in Melbourne on Monday November 19th, is jointly staged by Apra (Australasian Performing Right Association) and the Agsc (Australian Guild of Screen Composers). It is the only Australian event where the music and screen industry gather to celebrate excellence in the composition of music for film and television.
Across twelve awards categories Apra and the Agsc are today proud to recognise 61 composers, and 40 works as representing the best in Australian screen composition for...
- 10/17/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
Our last post on this was in January, when it was announced that Directv's Audience Network (Channel 239) had acquired and added the critically-acclaimed drama to its programming lineup beginning in February: The Slap, premiered Wednesday, February 15 at 10pm Et/Pt. Are any of you Directv customers, and if so, did you watch it? The Australian TV 8-part mini-series co-stars Sophie Okonedo and is based on the award-winning novel by Christos Tsiolkas that traces the shattering repercussions of a single event on a group of family and friends. Specifically, at an Australian backyard barbecue, a man slaps a...
- 10/10/2012
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
The Slap is to be remade for NBC, with Brothers & Sisters creator Jon Robin Baitz writing the script, it has been reported. The planned eight-episode run will be based on the 2011 Australian series of the same length. That show was itself adapted from Christos Tsiolkas's successful novel. According to Deadline, the producers of the original Australian series - Universal Television and Australia's Matchbox Pictures - will have the same role for the Us version. The Slap examines the repercussions for a group of friends after one person slaps another's (more)...
- 10/5/2012
- by By Greg Laing
- Digital Spy
NBC is closing a deal with Universal Television and Matchbox Pictures for an American adaptation of last year's multiple award-winning Australian miniseries "The Slap".
Based on the 2008 novel by Christos Tsiolkas, the story deals with the repercussions that follow when, at a suburban family gathering, a man physically slaps a child unrelated to him.
Melissa George, Jonathan Lapaglia and Sophie Okonedo starred in the eight episode series in which each episode focuses on a different person who attended the barbecue.
"Brothers & Sisters" creator Jon Robin Baitz will pen the U.S. adaptation.
Based on the 2008 novel by Christos Tsiolkas, the story deals with the repercussions that follow when, at a suburban family gathering, a man physically slaps a child unrelated to him.
Melissa George, Jonathan Lapaglia and Sophie Okonedo starred in the eight episode series in which each episode focuses on a different person who attended the barbecue.
"Brothers & Sisters" creator Jon Robin Baitz will pen the U.S. adaptation.
- 10/5/2012
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
NBC is ready to get slapped. The network is near a deal to adapt Australian miniseries The Slap with Brothers & Sisters creator Jon Robin Baitz on board to pen the project, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. Story: NBC Greenlights Pirate Drama From 'Luther' Creator The Australian series ran on ABC1 in 2011 and starred Melissa George, Jonathan Lapaglia and Sophie Okonedo and was based on the 2008 best-seller by Christos Tsiolkas, which explored what happened when a man slaps a child unrelated to him at a family gathering. Each installment of the eight-episode series told the story
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- 10/5/2012
- by Lesley Goldberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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